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How popular is the name Dontae?

Births per year, rank history and how many Dontaes are alive today.

Dontae (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Dante in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 21 babies were given the name, the 1229th most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2025 figure is roughly 19% of its peak.

Across all spellings of the name, the Dante you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Dantes born in England and Wales are between 9 and 21, and there are at least 2,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Dante - on average, only one in every 105 such rooms contains a Dante.

How many babies are named Dontae each year?

Includes all spellings: Dontae, Dante, Donte. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

050100150200020201996: 141997: 381998: 611999: 792000: 582001: 532002: 872003: 832004: 842005: 872006: 1332007: 1322008: 1512009: 1392010: 1382011: 1322012: 1302013: 1132014: 1142015: 1042016: 1032017: 992018: 832019: 1002020: 932021: 832022: 922023: 932024: 722025: 94actual

Where does the Dontae spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201997: ranked 2,8591998: ranked 1,3671999: ranked 2,9432000: ranked 1,4252001: ranked 3,1342002: ranked 1,5192003: ranked 1,6292004: ranked 1,5962005: ranked 2,1742006: ranked 1,5452007: ranked 1,4402008: ranked 1,7062009: ranked 1,4252010: ranked 1,7242011: ranked 1,5222012: ranked 1,2292013: ranked 2,0552014: ranked 2,2482015: ranked 3,3732016: ranked 2,0272017: ranked 2,7342018: ranked 2,4452019: ranked 2,7282020: ranked 3,3342021: ranked 2,7302023: ranked 4,9922024: ranked 4,2712025: ranked 4,275

Where does the Dante spelling rank?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 1,1681997: ranked 6611998: ranked 4621999: ranked 3522000: ranked 5032001: ranked 4842002: ranked 3592003: ranked 4062004: ranked 4352005: ranked 4012006: ranked 3242007: ranked 3612008: ranked 3532009: ranked 3592010: ranked 3932011: ranked 4012012: ranked 4052013: ranked 4322014: ranked 4292015: ranked 4652016: ranked 4932017: ranked 4882018: ranked 5492019: ranked 4542020: ranked 4752021: ranked 5432022: ranked 4722023: ranked 4902024: ranked 6222025: ranked 462

Where does the Donte spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,8631997: ranked 1,2571998: ranked 1,4851999: ranked 1,2812000: ranked 1,3302001: ranked 1,5952002: ranked 1,5192003: ranked 1,5132004: ranked 1,4982005: ranked 2,7542006: ranked 1,4692007: ranked 1,3612008: ranked 8942009: ranked 1,4942010: ranked 1,1092011: ranked 1,3422012: ranked 2,2702013: ranked 2,2162014: ranked 1,9352015: ranked 1,9022016: ranked 2,1752017: ranked 2,3242018: ranked 2,6932019: ranked 3,9372020: ranked 2,9602021: ranked 3,4512022: ranked 2,5302023: ranked 2,3262024: ranked 2,9222025: ranked 3,256

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Dontae per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 151 in 2008
Dontae: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Dontae most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Dante, peaked in 2008, when 151 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Dontae spelling itself peaked in 2012, with 21 babies.

How many people are called Dontae?

At least 2,900 people named Dontae in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Dontae?

Most living Dontaes are between 9 and 21; the most common age is about 17.

Is Dontae becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2008 peak.






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